Design & Photography RSS Feedhttp://www.4photodesign.com/index.htmlDesign and Photography (null)(null)Juergen WeilandCopyright 2012, Jürgen Weiland 2017-11-16T12:16:22+01:00hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:06:10 +0200'African Insights' Juergen WeilandLandscape2017-04-27T22:15:12+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/1bcd5a05c09609173d216e3f1b110ac3-34.html#unique-entry-id-34http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/1bcd5a05c09609173d216e3f1b110ac3-34.html#unique-entry-id-34After an inspiring teaching experience at the Botanical Gardens in Durban, I had the opportunity to appreciate the South African nature. Here a few of my favourite images. Find more images in the new travel collection: South Africa 2017

]]>Adobe Photoshop Lightroom landscape presets and brushes Juergen WeilandReview2017-04-14T19:57:10+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ab3096031fa870619495ed429e1137bf-33.html#unique-entry-id-33http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ab3096031fa870619495ed429e1137bf-33.html#unique-entry-id-33Landscape workflow from Sleeklens.comOver the last years I was able to focus my photography more on landscapes. One of the main countries I have been travelling to is South Africa. Especially in the Drakensberg area and along the Western Cape I found locations where the beauty of pristine nature still exists. Aiming for the best light, the morning and evening light can provide us with a low sun in the sky which creates interesting side lighting. As a result this leads to images with more depth and warmth, especially if there are some interesting clouds present as well.

What can be sometimes frustrating is that the images our camera delivers often don’t match to that which our eyes could see when we took the photo. Even if all settings were done right, we often find that some of the details like the whites, blacks or color depth are missing.

I am shooting my images in RAW and post process them with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom since version 3. Over the years Lightroom has grown immensely in its potential to adjust the images and the software provides us with very powerful tools. There are many different alleys one can choose from inside Lightroom and I’ve observed that I intuitively repeat the application of different tools. Basic settings for my landscapes are mostly the adjustment of highlights and shadows, plus I like to give my images a bit more clarity and vibrance with a brush or radial filter, especially to apply some drama to the skies.

The post processing of images can be quite time consuming. If there are many images to go through, a repetitive workflow with specific presets would be very helpful. Over the last weeks I had a chance to test out the landscape presets „Through The Woods“ from www.sleeklens.com. This package contains 80 presets and 42 brushes. They are easy to apply, and after testing them inside Lightroom they’ve enriched my creative approach. One of the presets like the „Shine Into the Sunset“ has quickly turned out into one of my favourites. A "Through the Woods" preset can also be combined with different presets and brushes. Depending if your approach is more conservative or super creative, these presets can give your images a specific note and immensely shorten the time you have to spend behind your computer.

The sample images below are taken in the Western Cape and Drakensberg area in South Africa. They show the „Before" and „After“ and which presets and brushes were applied. The abbreviation „TtW" indicates the presets and brushes from www.sleeklens.com. All images were shot in RAW with the Canon EOS 5d Mark 3, the lens was a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 USM.

]]>Following the Light - A photographer‘s diary of the Western CapeJuergen WeilandPublicationsIllustrated book2016-10-10T09:53:44+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ca7e9442087007f03af35c7596486fe2-31.html#unique-entry-id-31http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ca7e9442087007f03af35c7596486fe2-31.html#unique-entry-id-31About the book: Jürgen Weiland, a homeopath and passionate photographer from Germany, presents in this work a collection of landscapes, mostly taken along the Cape Peninsula. His images carry a special light mood which can be observed especially during the African winter months.

]]>Western Cape LandscapesJuergen WeilandSouth AfricaLandscape2016-08-30T08:55:19+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/a0c41b24fa3c534268219841080f0438-30.html#unique-entry-id-30http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/a0c41b24fa3c534268219841080f0438-30.html#unique-entry-id-30„Concept of Evolution“ in Cape Town, I took the time and opportunity for taking photos along the Western Cape. The light during August (it’s winter time in South Africa) is so special and I am deeply touched by the beauty of the southern end of the African continent.

Image above: View to Lion’s Head in the far distance and Small Lion’s Head. Image above: Robben IslandImage above: Camps Bay with a typical cloud blanket covering the Twelve Apostles. Image above: early dawn at the Mountain hut on top of Table Mountain.

]]>30 years "Rhine in Flames" Juergen WeilandLong ExposureNight Photography2016-05-08T12:04:17+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/beb049fc624bc7badff3fd7a249087ec-29.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/beb049fc624bc7badff3fd7a249087ec-29.html#unique-entry-id-29For a change this year I took images from further away with my telephoto lens. There is a beautiful spot just upon Muffendorf, that’s about 6 km away from the Rheinaue. From there you have a wonderful overview over the city of Bonn.

Indian Ocean, Drakensberg mountains, Flora and Fauna (especially birds) of South Africa.

Enjoy!

]]>Alpine LandscapesJuergen WeilandLandscape2014-08-12T10:14:05+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/28fe1e5d2a8714cc5ae20f6d5a3df230-25.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/28fe1e5d2a8714cc5ae20f6d5a3df230-25.html#unique-entry-id-25This collection shows different landscapes, taken in the Italian Dolomites. You can also find one Startrail Photo, taken during nighttime at Monte Paterno.

Location: Hochpustertal, Sextner Dolomiten.

]]>Wild Flowers KwaZulu-NatalJuergen WeilandTravel Photography2014-04-29T15:53:32+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/adb70e773e9223c939a135de75a60914-24.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/adb70e773e9223c939a135de75a60914-24.html#unique-entry-id-24Endeavor, a fully responsive theme for Rapidweaver, designed by Michael David, delivered the perfect background for my photography. Follow the link below to visit the website: http://floranatalensis.pflanzenportraits.com]]>Faces of South AfricaJuergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2014-03-14T22:02:32+01:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/2376954a737869dbf4d2854e48a1276f-23.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/2376954a737869dbf4d2854e48a1276f-23.html#unique-entry-id-23There were lots of beautiful moments: spending time with the family and friends, teaching homeopathy in Johannesburg, swimming in the ocean, visiting the wild animals, capturing some of the magnificent plants, driving up Sani Pass and Lesotho. But what touched me the most was the beauty and light in the african faces, something which is difficult to express in words. Perhaps that’s why I love to capture it with my camera...

Nymphaea stellata var.-rosea (Nymphaeacea), 100mm f/5.0, taken in the Victoria house, Botanical Gardens Bonn]]>The beginning of lifeJuergen WeilandMacro photography2013-05-02T22:03:57+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/291345f71241ebcc3b46c78ae10decc0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/291345f71241ebcc3b46c78ae10decc0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16]]>Magnolia x soulangeanaJuergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2013-04-22T17:28:39+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/467af2a7419ce109832623807e272aa9-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/467af2a7419ce109832623807e272aa9-15.html#unique-entry-id-15Magnoliaceae. Such a tree was flowering today in our clinic garden and the last sunbeams were touching her beautiful blossoms. Once they are fully open, they remind me of a Lotus flower. I could capture their beauty with different lenses.

]]>More tropical butterflies and a Giant Moth...Juergen WeilandInsects ButterfliesMoths2013-04-04T22:19:37+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/3c651f546e1889145be31862015e5ace-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/3c651f546e1889145be31862015e5ace-14.html#unique-entry-id-14]]>Local architecture - Post Tower BonnJuergen WeilandArchitecture2013-04-02T20:56:12+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/4ffbf52f119b93ad00f01a05792d34b2-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/4ffbf52f119b93ad00f01a05792d34b2-13.html#unique-entry-id-13Perspective distortion can be a problem in photography when shooting close using a wide-angle lens. The result can either damage the aesthetic look of a building, or give it an artistic touch…

Post Tower is the headquarters of the logistic company Deutsche Post DHL with the two brands postal services for Germany Deutsche Post and the worldwide logistic company DHL. The Post Tower is a 162.5-metre, 41-storey office building in Bonn, Germany. It was designed by German-American architect Helmut Jahn and won the 2002 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award.It is the ninth tallest skyscraper in Germany, and the tallest in Germany outside of Frankfurt am Main. (from Wikipedia.com)

]]>Tropical butterflies in the Botanic Gardens BonnJuergen WeilandNymphalidaeEdelfalter2013-02-24T22:05:11+01:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/58743c61a371bf7f347ef149f069f0cd-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/58743c61a371bf7f347ef149f069f0cd-11.html#unique-entry-id-11My first image shows most likely a male „Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)“ and on image Nr. 2 you can see a „Common Owl (Caligo eurilochus)“. Both butterflies belong to the family of Nymphalidae.

]]>New Zealand's North Island Juergen WeilandWildlifeBirdsNew Zealand2012-11-23T20:08:09+01:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/053d7d63521eec64891fe0101bb69df2-10.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/053d7d63521eec64891fe0101bb69df2-10.html#unique-entry-id-10Auckland. After the seminar I took a break for travelling around the North Island. What a beautiful country...Here you can find a colony of Gannets which I was visiting in Muriwai. While I was standing under in the bushes for rain shelter, there were some Fantails flying around me. Luckily I could capture a few of them.

]]>Water lilies Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-08-31T13:03:33+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ced48c782e4a53925c6097086e5357db-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/ced48c782e4a53925c6097086e5357db-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Water lilies are an important religious symbol in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. They symbolize resurrection in both spiritual arenas because many of the lilies close their flowers at night and reopen in the morning at first sunlight. Buddhists regard the water lily as a symbol of enlightenment because of the beautiful bloom that emerges from the mud. They also consider the water lily a symbol of purity, spontaneous generation and divine birth.

]]>Sunflowers and more - A collection of daisies Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-08-13T16:19:17+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/e82e07c4954d1cae8ef7ee30f0911dc2-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/e82e07c4954d1cae8ef7ee30f0911dc2-8.html#unique-entry-id-8Beautiful August, best weather to spend my lunch break in the Botanical Garden. Here is a collection of sunflowers and some other daisies which I could capture today:

Helianthus anuus, the Sunflower

Rudbeckia fulgida, the Orange Coneflower

Tithonia rotundifolia, the Mexican Sunflower

Zinnia elegans, the Common Zinnia

Cynara scolymus, the Artichoke

]]>Flora alpina Helvetica Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-08-03T13:47:22+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/7c3abd965c29555970a1f6bd06c5935f-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/7c3abd965c29555970a1f6bd06c5935f-7.html#unique-entry-id-7I just came back from a very inspiring time in the Swiss Alps. The alpine Flora was really awesome. Such a variety of plants flowering at the same time. The alpine summer is short and the plants have to be so tough to survive up there. Some members of the buttercup family I found even at 3000 meters. The images here show Aconitum napellus, the Monkshood which is one of our most powerful plants in homeopathy and Ranunculus glacialis, the glacier crowfoot. She is the highest ascending plant in the Alps, flowering at over 4000 m.

]]>Beauty in the pond...Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-07-12T14:32:59+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/4e8903ad38307148aa2be8e5cbfeb7d3-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/4e8903ad38307148aa2be8e5cbfeb7d3-6.html#unique-entry-id-6]]>C.G. Jung & Synchronicity: about the golden scarab...Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-06-13T10:30:15+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/e70f379c471feca6b883c423d038b0cf-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/e70f379c471feca6b883c423d038b0cf-5.html#unique-entry-id-5In his book Synchronicity (1952), Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung tells this story, starring a Cetonia aurata, as an example of a synchronic event: A young woman I was treating had, at a critical moment, a dream in which she was given a golden scarab. While she was telling me this dream, I sat with my back to the closed window. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me, like a gentle tapping. I turned round and saw a flying insect knocking against the window-pane from the outside. I opened the window and caught the creature in the air as it flew in. It was the nearest analogy to a golden scarab one finds in our latitudes, a scarabaeid beetle, the common rose-chafer (Cetonia aurata), which contrary to its usual habits had evidently felt the urge to get into a dark room at this particular moment. I must admit that nothing like it ever happened to me before or since. (from www.wikipedia.com)

]]>Oriental poppiesJuergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-06-03T18:20:54+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/bcb851c10c74d3b06048d79c2ba83509-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/bcb851c10c74d3b06048d79c2ba83509-4.html#unique-entry-id-4This species, however, does not produce any narcotic alkaloids such as morphine or codeine. Perhaps to just look at their flowering beauty is enough to take away any pain.

]]>The early morning light....Juergen WeilandNEWS-BLOG2012-05-21T18:17:57+02:00http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/6661e41d7d92e236e6ede65535000948-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.4photodesign.com/blog/files/6661e41d7d92e236e6ede65535000948-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Last weekend I got up at 4:30 am. I packed my camera, lenses, tripod and drove into the mountains close by (Siebengebirge). There is a beautiful old ruin, and the view over the Rhine and into the forest is spectacular. I arrived just before sunrise, time enough to set up my camera and felt really blessed to witness the most beautiful light.

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